Art After Dark
A New Experience Every Friday Night!
Enjoy an eclectic mix of live performances, film screenings, workshops, tours, and more!
EVERY FRIDAY, 5:30 & 7 PM
Docent-led Tours (30 min) Explore great works in the Norton’s collection led by one of the Museum’s fine docents.
EVERY FRIDAY, 6 – 9 PM
Open Studio: Art Workshops Join local teaching artists as they lead drop-in style art-making sessions. All ages and experience levels welcome. Materials included.
EVERY FRIDAY, Live Performances
Enjoy live performances every Friday including live music, dance, spoken word, and more! Check our website weekly for updates.
First Fridays of the Month, 7:30 pm / Jazz Fridays
This popular monthly series features performances by some of South Florida’s best jazz musicians!
Third Fridays of the Month, 8 pm / Artist Tour
South Florida-based artists lead informal, 30-minute gallery talks about works in the Norton’s collection and special exhibitions.
Art After Dark / Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋節 Zhōngqiū Jié)
Friday, September 9 / 5:30PM-10PM
Join the Norton in celebrating this festival the night before with art activities, Chinese music, tours on works in the Chinese collection, and more.
About the Mid-Autumn Festival:
The Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋節 Zhong Qiu Jie), or Moon Festival, which falls on September 10, 2022, is a harvest festival celebrated in China, like Chuseok in Korea and Tsukimi in Japan. Like many other harvest festivals around the world, the Mid-Autumn Festival is close to the autumn equinox. The origin of Mid-Autumn Festival celebrations can be traced to Western Zhou dynasty kings, who reigned from 1045 to 770 BCE, offering sacrifices to the moon in the fall to request a plentiful harvest for the coming year. In the later years of the Tang dynasty, everyone celebrated by enjoying music and dance while appreciating the bright moon. The Yuan Dynasty introduced the tradition of eating mooncakes during the festival. In addition to celebrating the end of the autumn harvest, this holiday promotes gathering of friends and family, thanksgiving, and prayers for prosperous futures. Since 2008 in mainland China, the Mid-Autumn festival has been a major public holiday where people also watch the Mid-Autumn Festival Gala on television.
Schedule of Events
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JOIN A TOUR!
Docents discuss great works in our Chinese collection.
Limited to 14 people per docent. Pick up your tour wristband at Visitor Experience available 1 hour before tour.
Meet at the Great Hall
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Curator Conversation / Autumn Mountains and the Light of the Harvest Moon
Laurie Barnes, the Elizabeth B. McGraw Senior Curator of Chinese Art, shows how four paintings representing hills or mountains relate to the major Chinese holiday, the Mid-Autumn Festival. Ranging in date from 1722 to 2006, each painting was made by an artist who sought to expand upon the classical Chinese landscape tradition. This program will be livestreamed in Stiller Auditorium
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OPEN STUDIO
Join Teaching Artist Ari Kijanka and create your own lantern, a Mid-Autumn Festival tradition.
Classroom 2
Want to Participate from Home?
Download your own printable rabbit lantern PDF, Mid-Autumn festival wordsearch, and gongfu tea guide below!
Transport yourself with music— from home!
Enjoy a Mid-Autumn playlist curated by Laurie Barnes, our Elizabeth B. McGraw Senior Curator of Chinese Art.
Art After Dark is made possible by the generosity of The Addison Hines Charitable Trust.
Support for the Docent Program was provided by The Donald and Linda Silpe Endowment for the Professional Development of Docents and The Marcia Mahon Education Endowment Fund.
Support for Open Studio was provided by The Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Schott Endowment for Education.